Stevens, Boudreau get playoff initiations

Apr. 8, 2008

Written by

CHUCK GORMLEY
Courier-Post Staff

His players might have a hard time believing it now, but Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau was a pretty dynamic player in his day.

Now stout and balding, the 55-year-old NHL Coach of the Year candidate was a scoring machine during an 18-year pro career in which he recorded 1,492 points in 1,253 games for 16 different teams, many in the minor leagues. He even had a cameo role in the hockey classic "Slapshot."

Just ask Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren, who roomed with Boudreau for about a month in the fall of 1975, when both were members of the Johnstown Chiefs. ...